The form 'hers' is a possessive pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
In the sentence, "Is this drawing hers?", it is easier to see when it is in the form of an answer, "This drawingis hers." The pronoun hers is taking the place of the noun drawing as a predicate nominative (a noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject, drawing = hers). The parts of speech are the same in the form of the question or the form of the answer.
A possessive adjective is placed before a noun to describe the noun as belonging to someone or something. The corresponding possessive adjective is 'her'. Example: "This is her drawing." Here the predicate noun is drawing (this = drawing).
"What if your time to finish the essay report is short."The possessive adjective 'your' is placed before the noun 'time' to show that the 'time' referred to is that of the person spoken to.
Yes, the possessive form of a proper noun can act as an adjective.
In that sentence your is an adjective, or a possessive pronominal adjective.
it is a possessive pronoun (but used as an adjective, because it modifies a noun).
The word 'elderly' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun. Adjectives don't have possessive forms. The adjective can describe a possessive noun:The elderly man's meals are delivered to his home.
The possessive adjective form is your. The possessive pronoun is yours.
Yes, their is a possessive adjective, the possessive form of the pronoun they.
The possessive adjective for it is its. For example:.The dog caught its tail in the brambles.
It is a possessive adjective. It is sometimes called an "absolute possessive adjective" because, unlike the "possessive adjective" my, it is not used before a noun.
Yes, it is a possessive adjective (his shoe), and also a possessive pronoun (the shoe is his). It is the possessive or genitive case of the singular third-person pronoun used for masculine gender. It is used as a possessive adjective.
No. The word ours is a possessive pronoun (something of, about, or belonging to us). The word "our" is the possessive adjective form, the possessive of "we."
A possessive adjective is a form of pronoun.A possessive adjective describe a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun it describes.The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, their, its.Example: My house is next to their house.A possessive adjective is does not function the same as a possessive pronoun.A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.Examples: The blue house is mine. The white house is theirs.
No. She is the nominative form of a personal pronoun. The possessive adjective is her, which is also the objective form of the pronoun. (The possessive pronoun is hers.)
Possessive adjectives indicate belonging. The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, their, our, and whose.His bicycle is green.Whose car is that?
First person singular: my (possessive adjective), mine (possessive pronoun)Second person siingular: your (possessive adjective), yours (possessive pronoun)Third person singular: his, her, its (possessive adjectives), his, hers, its (possessive pronouns)First person plural: our (possessive adjective), ours (possessive pronoun)second person plural: your (possessive adjective), yours (possessive pronoun)Third person plural: their (possessive adjective), theirs (possessive pronoun)
No, it is more correctly referred to as a possessive adjective (precedes nouns).The possessive pronoun is "your" (some sources refer to 'your' as an absolute possessive pronoun because it can stand alone).
"your" is a possessive adjective. "you're" is a contraction.